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Whether we’re leaving the EU one day or not, it isn’t slowing the industry from stepping up the competition when it comes to European roaming. This time, it’s the turn of EE to shake things up – big time. Three kicked things off with its 3G-only, heavily throttled, Feel at Home service (or… [Click for more]
As everyone probably knows, today is the day Samsung unveils the Note 7. I’ll be at the London launch event later to get my own hands-on with the Note 7, so if you have any questions please fire them to me on here, or on Twitter where I’ll be Tweeting news as-it-happens. There’s… [Click for more]
READ MORE Samsung Unpacked: Unveiling the New Note 7, 4pm UK Time
Three has unveiled brand-new Essentials plans. The cynic in me wonders if this is a sign of things to come (namely that one day the current ‘Advanced’ plans may be phased out, or made a lot more expensive), but the optimist hopes it’s just a way to offer better value… [Click for more]
From July 14th 2016 O2 is extending its O2 Travel service, which gives fixed-price daily roaming in Europe, to 30 new destinations beyond Europe. This means that the £1.99 daily charge for access to ‘unlimited’* data, 120 minutes of calls and 120 texts in Europe, now covers more countries, with… [Click for more]
READ MORE O2 updates Travel service with new non-European destinations
Today, Wileyfox launched three new phones that will succeed the 2015 Swift and Storm models. All three new phones are called the Spark, which ‘sparked’ some confusion at the launch event. Two 5-inch models are called the Spark and Spark+, starting at £90, plus a 5.5-inch ‘flagship’ called the Spark X that costs £130. I use… [Click for more]
READ MORE Wileyfox Spark: Three new phones to ‘spark’ new life into the brand
You’ve got to admit, the way EE rolled out and tested VoLTE (what it calls, 4G Calling) since last year has been rather unique. But today, it has been made available throughout EE’s 4G network. As an early Christmas present, iPhone users were given a taste of VoLTE last year,… [Click for more]
READ MORE 4G Calling (VoLTE) now live throughout UK: Find out how you can use it
Honor has today announced the Honor 5C, its latest addition to the Honor family that sits just below the Honor 5X but promises to pack a mighty punch. Pre-ordering opens later today on the Honor vMall.eu store, at a price of £149.99 in the UK and €199.99 in Europe. This is… [Click for more]
READ MORE Hands-On With The New High-Performance Honor 5C (with Honor 5X Comparison)
Vodafone has been pushing its own brand handsets for some time (ten years in fact), but few have been as premium as the new Smart Platinum 7 announced today. The Smart Platinum 7 is a big step up from the £100 Smart Ultra 6, and that’s no bad thing for… [Click for more]
I was going to start with the phrase ‘third time lucky?’ but then realised just how stupidly successful Pebble has been on both occasions it used the crowd-sourcing service to get funds to build some smartwatches. It’s around an hour since Pebble unveiled a new collection of devices and it… [Click for more]
READ MORE Pebble uses Kickstarter a third time for all new wearables range
Vodafone today unveiled two new own-brand smartphones, the Smart Prime 7 that retails at £75, and the Smart First 7 that will set you back just £25. These are the pay as you go prices, and you’ll also be able to get the Smart Prime 7 on a pay monthly contract too, with prices… [Click for more]
READ MORE Vodafone launches the cheap and the super-cheap: Smart Prime 7 and Smart First 7
Later today, from 2pm onwards UK time, Huawei will unveil its latest flagship phone. Or should I say phones, as the P9 is likely to form a family of phones – with varying specs and sizes. Thus far, various details have leaked but often with contradictory data. This may be… [Click for more]
READ MORE Huawei P9 family with Leica cameras launch today; here’s what to expect
As those letters to Three customers on older tariffs continue to land on doormats up and down the country, it’s the turn of EE to offer a deal that could offer an alternative to phoning up and haggling for a discount. (This follows the amazing deal that Vodafone advertised primarily to… [Click for more]
Three’s 321 PAYG plan was an incredible offering for users, and one of its killer features was unlimited data with a simple £15 add-on. As part of Jackson’s plan to make everything right within Three, the cost of getting all-you-can-eat data increased to £20 last August. And from March 31st 2016,… [Click for more]
READ MORE Three PAYG users asked to pay more for unlimited data by end of March
Most attention at Mobile World Congress next week will be given to the new flagship offerings from the likes of LG, Samsung, and HTC, but today LG spoke of two new handsets that caught my eye. Juno Cho, president and CEO of LG Mobile said: “…we think there’s room for devices that do… [Click for more]
READ MORE LG X series: Mid-range phones with specific high-end features
Life is never dull with Three. One minute they’re upsetting hundreds of thousands of users with letters warning of huge impending price increases, the next they’re rolling out a game changing update to the Three inTouch app that will make a massive difference to most 4G handsets. The big news last year… [Click for more]
READ MORE Three’s Super Voice network will soon be accessible on most 4G handsets
I rarely write about things from Kickstarter and the like, but this accessory really caught my attention. Meem is a USB lead that not only charges your device, but also backs up data to internal storage at the same time. In effect, it’s like turning any USB power source into… [Click for more]
READ MORE Meem: A cable that means never forgetting to do a backup again
EE will next week (February 10th) launch updated SIM only plans, ahead of further changes to handset contracts that will be made around April. The highest SIM only plan now tops out at 16GB, instead of 10GB previously, and most plans gain EU roaming for calls and texts – but not… [Click for more]
READ MORE Revamped EE SIM-Only tariffs add EU roaming and a top 16GB limit
Followers of my blog, as well as people who read my Tweets and posts on forums, will know I now write a lot about affordable phones. By that I mean smartphones that don’t compromise the user experience compared to more expensive models elsewhere. Today, I’m writing about the Honor 5X from the launch event in Munich, Germany. It’s the… [Click for more]
READ MORE Honor launches the Honor 5X: a secure metal phone at a budget price
